Vanity-box.



W. (i. KENDLL VANITY BOX.

APPUCANONTILED MAR. 22. 191e.

n@ 5 Patented June 12, 1917.

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WILLIAM G. KENIDALL, OF NEWARK, NEWJRSEY.

VANITY-sox.y i

Application filed March 22, 1916. Serial No. 85,968.

To all whom 'it may eolico/m.'

Be it known that I. WILLIAM G. Ki-ixnxm., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newarlein the4 county of Essex and, State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVanity-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in vanity boxes, theprimary object of my invention being the provision of a combined rougebox and pad in which the powdered rouge may be compressed into suitabletablet form directly upon the bottom of the box and in which the box isso shaped as to lock the tablet ot' rouge thus formed in place withoutthe use of adhesives or other fastening means.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a novel Vform othinged cover for the box of such a character that the box and ycover maybe vstamped out by suitable dies and assembled without the use ofsolder, iiveting or other fastening means of like nature.

A further object of my invention is to so construct, either the box orthe cover, as rto adapt. one or the other of them to hold a mirror.Another obJect which I have in view is to.

provide the rouge holding box which does away with the employment of theordinary rouge holding pad which, as a rule, carries the rouge and ismounted in a box and which therefore, more compact and more readilycarried in a purse.

With these and other objects inl view. my invention will be more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and thenspecifically pointed ont in the claims which are attached to and form apart of this application.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a4 perspective view of my van` ity box in open position, thepuff being removed from t-lie box;

Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional View, showing the construction ofthe box and its hinge, the putt' being also removed in this View to moreclearly show certain details;

, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 8 of Fig. 2,looking in the direction ot' the arrows and showing the manner ofanchoring a mirror against the inner yface of box;

Fig. et is an elevation, partially in vertical section, of a modifiedform of box structure the outer reference characters.

My improved vanity box, asbest `shown in Figs. 1 and Q ofthe drawings,includes a cylindrical body portion 10 Haring outwardly at lower end, asshown at 11, and closed by an integrally formed bottom 12. This box isclosed by a cover including a top proper 13 having a downwardlydepending annular flange 1J. adapted to engage about the uppei. edge ofthe Acylindrical wall 10 of the box` as clearly shown. This coverniay beentirely removable from the box, but is preferably hingedly connectedthereto by means of a tongue 15 which extends from the rear portion ofthe Harige 14 at its lower edge and which engages4 about a' pintle bar16 formed by bendingloutwardly a portion Specification of LettersPatent. n Patented Jung 12 1917,

solder, rivets or other fastening means of like nature.

Asa rule, the peripheral flange 1,4, -intermediate its height. is formedwith an instiuck annular bead 1S which forms a stop shoulder forlimiting the downward movement of the cover when the latter is closedand also as a support for a split resilient locking ring 19 by means ofwhich a mirror 20 may be secured against the inner face of the top 18 ofthe cover. AS shown in Fig. Q, the mirror is slightly less in diameterthan the diametric distance between opposite sides of the bead orshoulder 1S in oi'der that it may be positioned against the top 13 andthe locking ring is of such size that when it engages beneath the beadit will project slightly over the edge of the mirror and se cure it inplace. One end of the locking ring is ontleent, as shown'at 21. tofacilitate its implication or removal and the portion of the lockingring adjacent. said ontbent end bears against the other end of the ringto more firmly anchor it in place by holding it in expanded position.

The rouge, as indicated at 22, is pressed against the inner face of thebottom 12 of the box and forced into the enlarged lower end of the boxformed by flaring the lower portion of the wall 10 in such a manner thatthe entire cake or tablet of rouge is firmly anchored in the bottom ofthe box without the employment of adhesives' or other securing means.Preferably, the cake or tablet of rouge thusI provided is formed withaconvex upper face in order that it may be more accessible` 1nd a putt'Q3 is provided of suitable size to"tit snugly within the box between therouge and mirror 20.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, I have illustrated a vanity box whichis identical in construction with that shown in Figs. l. and 2, with theexception that instead of locking a mirror against the inner face ofthecover of the box, the bottom 1'2 of the box is somewhat thickened andhas its outer face recessed to receive the mirror 20 which issedrawings, I have provided an ornamental.

form of rouge box which firmly holds the rouge in place in such .amanner that it isI readily accessible although in such a manner that itwill not break in transit. The entire box, with its rouge cake and puff,is very compact and may loe readily carried in a purse.

Although I have described the box as being formed of metal, it will, ofcourse, be understood that it may be made of glass, pressed paper,Celluloid, hard rubber or any other suitable material, it desired.l Itherefore reserve the right to make any changes, within the scope ofthe'appended claims, without. in the slightest degree departing from thespirit of my invention'.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A vanity box including a box proper, a cover having an encirclingflange hinged to the box in such a manner that the flange eucircles theupper edge of the box when the cover closed, the flange of said coverbeing formed with an instruck annular bead intermediate its heightforming a stop to vlimit the closing ot the cover, a removable elementllocated against. the inner tace of the cover, and a split resilientlocking ring engaging between the peripheral edge of the element aud thebead to lock the element in place.

vanity box including a body having a closed bottom formed with a recessin its outer l'ace having an undercut shoulder, a removable elementsealed iu the recess, and a spring locking ring engaging the element andbeneath the shoulder to lock the` element in place.

A vanity box including a box body having a bottoni and a peripheralwall, the lower portion ot the peripheral wall being upwardly andinwardly inclined and the remaining-greater portion of the wall beingvertical whereby rouge positioned in the box and pressed against thebottom will have a portion ot` it forced beneath the upwardly andinwardly inclined portion of the peripheral wall of the box to anchorthecake formed by the pressure exerted vin the box and to provide apuit' receiving space above the cake, and a cover for the box body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. WILLIAM G. KENDALIJ. [L s]

